Wednesday, 11 December 2013

Charlotte Vye-Brown and Julia Crummy visited Tanzania as
part of the work toward delivering the volcano input to the Global Assessment
Report (GAR) for the United Nations International Strategy on Disaster Reduction
(UNISDR).

"The GAR is a biennial report from the UN ISDR that
synthesises information on disasters from natural hazards. The GAR has never
before considered volcanic hazards, so this is a great opportunity to draw
attention to volcanic hazards and risks and the needs of volcano observatories
worldwide. The GAR contributes to achieving the Hyogo Framework of Action (HFA)
through monitoring risk patterns and trends and progress in disaster risk
reduction while providing strategic policy guidance to countries and the
international community. The GAR aims to help focus international attention on
the problem and need to address disaster risk and consolidate political and
economic support to disaster risk reduction." See their website for more details......http://www.preventionweb.net/english/hyogo/gar/2013/en/home/index.html

Here are some of their favorite snaps from the trip:

Typical
Tanzanian life

The
streets of the town of Arusha, on the lower flanks of Mt Meru

The
streets of the town of Arusha, on the lower flanks of Mt Meru

Village
on the flanks on Mt Meru (which last erupted in 1910)

Giraffes
and buffalo live on the flanks of Mt Meru in the National Park.Many tourists come on safari here.Kilimanjaro is just visible in the
background.

Looking
east along the debris avalanche deposit from Mt Meru.Massive blocks within these deposits forming
characteristically hummocky topography.Around 7000 years ago, the eastern flank of the volcano collapsed
resulting in this deposit.It is one of
the largest debris avalanche deposits in the world.

Giraffes
grazing with Mt Meru in the background

Flamingos
thrive in the lakes which formed in the hummocky topography of he debris
avalanche deposit

Road
section revealing the explosive history of Mt Meru.Layers of pumice-fall and reworked
pyroclastic flow deposits are exposed on the western flanks of the volcano.

Ravine
exposing more ash-rich fall and reworked deposits, and pumice-fall
deposits.Villagers go about their
business while we work

Children
herding goats act as a scale for pumice-rich fall, and reworked deposits